Cheesehead Nation

I am back from my trip to Cheesehead Nation/Hunting Country/Land of Brats and Beer/wearers of animal heads for hats/crazy girls wearing bikinis in -25 degree weather. Yes I am talking about Wisconsin!

Flew out on Friday afternoon to Chicago and had a lovely view coming in below:

A bit hazy flying in but a view of Chicago

Saturday was all about the preparations for the game on Sunday. Ensuring that you had the proper attire for the -1 degree weather and with wind chill -25. One thing to note about Packer fans is that fashion is not a word in their vocabulary. You see people wearing Cheeseheads, their hunting clothes, snow mobile outfits, fur coats and the list could go on and on. Here are some preparation photos:

My dad trying on an "old school" football helmet from his Alma Mater UW Madison

My Brother trying on some of my uncle's hats.

When you live in Wisconsin or are from Wisconsin, you know that Sunday is a sacred day, not for worship at a church, at the Football Field to watch your home team the Green Bay Packers. Your day is filled with Bratwursts (Brats as they are called) which are soaked in Beer and then put in a bun with kraut on top, lots of Miller beer (as there is no other type of beer in Wisconsin) and watching the Packers. So in the spirit of being in Wisconsin and going to the game we had our own preparations:

Our Tickets for the game.

Chris, my brother, with his ticket and his pregame drink, Jagermeister!

Lambeau Field Pictures

The Family (Chris, Dad, Mom and me) at SkyView Bar for the PreGame. Too cold to tailgate.

The stadium starting to fill up. The man to the right in the middle of the picture is Howie Long. He was out walking around the field checking things out prior to the game.

Chris all decked out in his orange hunting outfit.

Announcing the Packers Starting lineup

The National Anthem (pulled out the large American Flag) which was followed by a Navy F-16 Flyover.

GAME TIME! We were 6 rows off of the field in the endzone.

Despite the fact that the Packers lost in OT to the Giants it was a fantastic weekend spent with the family! So all I can say now is Let's Go GIANTS!

Are you ready for some Football????

Sunday night football??? I am!

You guessed it, Green Bay beat the Seattle Seahawks (sorry Conrad) and the NY Giants beat the Dallas Cowgirls (yes that is what they are now) which equals GB Packers vs. NY Giants in Lambeau Field on Sunday night!!!

::back to the regular program::

Our weekend was really nice! Friday night we spent the night relaxing after the first full week back to work after the Holidays :-( Saturday we met up with some friends for lunch and then split off guys and gals. Jenn and I did some shopping in Sloane Square and I managed to buy a pair of Manolo Blahnik's (below).

(Needed to buy something unique if I were going to own a pair)

Saturday night started off by playing some cards with Conrad and Jenn, then cooking a Turkey dinner then off course as already stated watching the Packers/Seahawks game.





Sunday was a relaxing day to catch up on laundry and getting bank statements from 2003 to 2006 in order to complete the http://www.ccfsettlement.com/ paperwork to claim some money back for being overcharged in fees by the banks. I like the posibility of getting some money back!